The NOPD said an unidentified man was found shot inside a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators were seen congregating around a black BMW SUV left in the front parking lot of an apartment building in the 8000 block of Lacombe Street.

Neighbors, who declined to be identified, said the vehicle was not known to frequent the area. One said the SUV was discovered around 2:30 a.m. with its engine still running, but that could not be confirmed with police.

The apartment building has gone through several name changes, according to the neighbors who no longer knew its current name. Police crime scene tape prevented access to the complex, a cluster of brown buildings that sits at the end of Lacombe Street between The Cove apartments at the intersection of Wales Street and the southeastern curve of Lake Pontchartrain.

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